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Closed-loop chemical recycling of common petrochemical realised

January 28, 2021
Imagine plastics and rubber that can be chemically unzipped back to reusable monomers for recycling. In the way of all the most exciting advances, this process of depolymerisation - a...

How to grow your own smart materials with live fermentation cultures

January 12, 2021
Have you ever made your own soda bread or homemade yoghurt using a fermented 'starter culture'? Imagine being able to cultivate your grow your own smart biomaterials at home using...

Hydrogel paves way for biomedical breakthrough

August 4, 2020
A University of Sydney team of biomedical engineers has developed a plasma technology to robustly attach hydrogels ­­– a jelly-like substance which is structurally similar to soft tissue in the...

New antiviral technology supports reusable COVID-19 facemasks

June 25, 2020
Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin and ITA RWTH Aachen, two of the most recognised academic institutions in virology and textiles, have confirmed the efficacy of a new self-disinfecting technology to...

Photoactivated enzymatic oxygen transfer

May 27, 2020
Researchers at the Universities of Münster (Germany) and Pavia (Italy) have now identified an enzyme which becomes catalytically active when exposed to blue light and which immediately triggers a reaction...

Biohybrid organic battery combines nanocomposite and bacteria

May 26, 2020
Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a programmable, biohybrid material system combining nanocomposite and bacteria for power generation.

Largest Synthetic Polysaccharide Assembled

April 29, 2020
Chemists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Potsdam, Germany) have set a milestone by preparing the two largest carbohydrates ever assembled. Using an Automated Glycan Assembly (AGA)...

Ancient yeast leavens bread

August 7, 2019
A 4,500-year-old strain of yeast sampled from ancient Egyptian pottery has been used to bake bread.

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